

The first ever songs of José Alfredo Jiménez to be recorded.Īfter this promising beginning, he composed more than 1,000 songs. He recorded "Ella, "Yo", "Serenata huasteca" and "Tu Recuerdo y yo".

Don Miguel was impressed and promised to support him and record his songs. A few days later, José Alfredo arrived to the radio and started singing a capella his songs “Ella” and some more. Miguel asked him to look for him at the Radio Station XEW, where he had an audition called Amanecer Ranchero, together with the Mariachi Vargas and Rubén Fuentes. Would you like to hear some? Maybe you like them”.

I`m waiter because of necessity, but I compose songs. The clerk came to him and asked: “Don Miguel. One day in 1948, Miguel Aceves Mejía and some friends arrived for dinner to a restaurant called La Sirena, in Santa Maria de la Rivera. He was discovered in 1948 by the singer Miguel Aceves Mejía and according to him he did not play an instrument and did not even know the Spanish word for " waltz" or what " keys" his songs were in. Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico.
